Due to the conflict between Doctor devised emergency plans and school district guidelines, school nurses are facing difficulties in treating students with severe allergies. The American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology maintains a set of regulations in dealing with emergencies, but a problem arises when rules clash, leading to a risk of delay in treating anaphylactic shock. According to several studies, there have been many cases in which not using epinephrine led to delayed treatment of allergiesĀ (Boyce et al., 2010; Carlisle et a., 2010; Fleischer et al., 2012; Nowak-Wegrzyn, 2012b). It is in the students’ best interests to train nurses to use EpiPens, as they can reconcile the school’s guidelines and the provider’s emergency plansĀ (Wahl et al. 2015, 97).
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